This just unlocked an early childhood memory where we used to turn up the radiator as much as possible and then all grabbed the pipe leading into it. The last one still grabbing it won. Needless to say I also enjoy food that’s too spicy to this day.

Yeah, I mean, it’s food, and at these prices we can’t afford to waste any!:-D

When I moved country, I needed a medical checkup. The doctor noted I had 3rd degree burns on the roof of my mouth.

Apparently my love of baked beans on toast has had dire consequences.

And then keep going until you have eaten the entire god damn meal before it’s cool enough to even really taste like the fat unlovable fuck you are also my job doesn’t pay very well.

Remember the gom jabbar in Dune, the ability to react to pain with the human mind instead of animal instinct.

I went to college in Guadalajara, the local cuisine definitely gravitated towards the spicy, it was everywhere on street stands and restaurants, everywhere.

There’s definitely some other parts of the body that respond favorably to the capsaicin molecule. Once the body’s defenses get used to it, it’s easier to notice how it picks up your mood, gives you energy, the digestive system functions and feels better… there are reasons why it’s so popular with so many cultures around the world.

Pizza is a trojan horse of pain

There is something about eating that makes me want to keep doing it no matter what.